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March 2013

March 26, 2013

The Simple Life Isn’t So Simple, Really

Almost weekly something new pops up with tips and tricks to help simplify life. A...

March 25, 2013

Jay Leno, NBC’s Youth Culture, and the Church’s Celebrity Culture

"One of the ironies of our age is that as the population increasingly dulls and...

March 25, 2013

Do Kids Need Their Own Noah’s Ark To Learn About God?

"But do children require such extreme measures in order to jazz their imaginations and inspire...

March 25, 2013

Beyond Steubenville: Rape Culture and Complicity

Rape culture isn't just a problem in Steubenville; it's endemic to American culture. We all...

March 22, 2013

Saint Nicholas Strikes Back: Catholic Memes and Secularized Feast Days

I went to the kind of small Christian college that still required chapel attendance, and...

March 22, 2013

Frequently Searched Questions: How to Play a Christian Character in Skyrim

The following are actual search terms people typed into Google (Yahoo?) which directed them to...

March 22, 2013

Notes from the Margins: The New Radicals are Already Here

"There is no getting around this element of the New Radicals: they are right to...

March 21, 2013

Lean In: A Christian Woman’s Perspective on Sheryl Sandberg’s Book

"When sermons nearly always characterize women as mothers who have sacrificed career for family, when...

March 21, 2013

Taylor Swift, Anne Hathaway, Their Brutal Detractors, and the Struggle for Identity

"Our grossly inflated perceptions of celebrities as one-dimensional figures are really questions about identity: Are...

March 20, 2013

Podcast #115: We Discuss Lean In, and the New Pope, Pope The New Pope

Every week on the Christ and Pop Culture Podcast, various Christ and Pop Culture writers...

March 20, 2013

What Rob Bell Talks About At the Areopagus

Is God still relevant for the modern world? Rob Bell thinks so. So do we....

March 19, 2013

What HBO’s “Girls” Gets Right About Sex and Intimacy

In HBO’s “Girls,” currently wrapping up its second season, 26 year old writer, director, and...

March 18, 2013

Rob Bell on Gay Marriage: Why the Church Can’t Follow

Rob Bell is back in the news lately. He has a new book (CaPC review forthcoming!),...

March 18, 2013

Two Years Ago, Best Buds Debated Rob Bell and His Message

Two years ago, we had two good friends who were diametrically opposed to one another...

March 18, 2013

Finding Nobility in the Middle of Wartime

"The history of war contains examples of enemies putting aside their differences, if only for...

March 18, 2013

A Post-Racial World? Not in the Ivory Towers.

"Christians can also view the current racial climate as an opportunity, one that we have...

March 15, 2013

The Meteoric Rise of Men’s Fashion

"The metrosexual is all grown up. Or rather, the rest of the world has grown...

March 15, 2013

Will Atheists Find What They’re Looking for in Their Temples?

"What we want from awe is transcendence, and no beauty on earth can promise us...

March 14, 2013

Why The New Pope Shouldn’t Listen to Obama’s Advice

Obama isn't the most precise theologian. Nor should that be expected of him--he's only a...

March 14, 2013

The New Pope is Serious About Social Justice

This morning, he was Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio. From this day forward, he is history's first...

March 12, 2013

Podcast #114: Drones, Filibusters, and Duck Dynasty

Christ and Pop Culture editors Drew Dixon and Brad Williams discuss Drones and Filibusters and...

March 12, 2013

The Problem With Writing Off ‘Un-Christian’ Art

"It is in the mind of Christ that Christians possessing the indwelling Holy Spirit can...

March 11, 2013

Faith in Humanity Just Took Another Hit: A Horrifying Holocaust Revelation

"Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which...

March 11, 2013

What’s Wrong With Pursuing Gifted Education for Our Kids?

"Part of what Christian families can bring to the conversation is an awareness of this...

March 07, 2013

In Defense of Hipsters

A few years ago, I needed a new pair of eyeglasses. I had heard about...

March 07, 2013

Could You Survive Alone With Your Spouse For A Year?

"What Bjelke and Shapiro model for each other is a relationship based on mutual respect,...

March 06, 2013

Changes at Yahoo Show Who Works for Perks

"When the perks are removed, we must deal with the loss and look at what's...

March 06, 2013

So Rob Bell Wrote Another Book about God—Some Thoughts before Actually Reading It

Article originally posted at Derek Rishmawy's Reformedish blog, derekzrishmawy.com. A couple of years ago, Rob Bell...

March 06, 2013

God and Country Music: Ronnie Fauss and the Narrative Heart of No Depression

Each week in God and Country Music, Nick Rynerson gives country music a chance and examines...

March 04, 2013

Ben Affleck is Human! And Married!

Like a lot of Americans, I sat down the other night to watch the Oscars...

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